# figa
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Compare Occitan figa or higa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfi.ɣa]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa

### Noun

figa f (plural figues)
* fig
    (idiomatic) Ser figues d'un altre paner ― to be something very different from what was expected (an idiom, literally to be figs from another basket)
    (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
* (vulgar slang) cunt; pussy (the vulva)

#### Derived terms

* fer figa
* figa de moro
* figa de pala
* figaflor
* figueta

### Further reading

* “figa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “figa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “figa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “figa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Fanagalo
### Etymology

From Zulu -fika, from Proto-Bantu *-pìka.

### Verb

figa
* to arrive, to reach

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese figa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“vulva”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree or fruit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfiɣɐ]

### Noun

figa f (plural figas)
* (folklore) fig sign, used to ward off evil spirits, the evil eye, etc. When directed to a person is insulting and equivalent to a bras d'honneur

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “figa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “figa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “figa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Gallurese
### Pronunciation

* (Aggius) IPA: /ˈfiɡa/

### Noun

figa f (plural fighi)
* (dialectal) Alternative form of fica (“fig”)

### References

* ↑ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfi.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Hyphenation: fì‧ga

### Noun

figa f (plural fighe)
* (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) Alternative form of fica (“cunt, pussy”)

#### Derived terms

* sfiga (“bad luck”)
* sfigato (“unlucky”)

### Adjective

figa f
* feminine singular of figo

## Nias
### Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pinggan, ultimately from Persian پنگان (pengân, “cup; bowl”).

### Noun

figa (mutated form viga)
* plate

### References

* Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 69.

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* figuo (Mistralian)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

figa f (plural figas)
* fig

#### Related terms

* figuièr

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā. Which is a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *fīga and Latin fīcus (“fig”).

### Noun

fīga f
* fig

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: vige
** Dutch: vijg
*** Afrikaans: vy
*** Negerhollands: vigie (from the diminutive)

#### References

* “fīga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā.

### Noun

fīga f
* fig

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: vīge
** Cimbrian: faiga
** German: Feige
** Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
** → Polish: figa (see there for further descendants)

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

### Noun

figa f (oblique plural figas, nominative singular figa, nominative plural figas)
* fig (fruit)

#### Descendants

* Occitan: figa
* → Old French: figue (see there for further descendants)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fīcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 495

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfi.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Syllabification: fi‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German vîge. Doublet of fikus and pigwa.

#### Noun

figa f (related adjective figowy)
* fig (fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds)
* (colloquial) ficus, fig (any tree of the genus Ficus)
    Synonyms: figowiec, fikus
* (colloquial) common fig, fig (Ficus carica)
* (colloquial) nil, zilch (nothing, zero)
* fig sign (mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers, most commonly used to ward off the evil eye, insult someone, or deny a request)

##### Derived terms

* figowiec

##### Descendants

* → Russian: фи́га (fíga)
** → Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)

### Etymology 2

Ellipsis of majtki figowe.

#### Noun

figa nvir pl
* (in the plural) knickers (women's legless underpants)
    Hypernym: majtki

##### Declension
### Further reading

* figa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* figi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* figa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* figa in PWN's encyclopedia

## Sassarese
### Pronunciation

* (Sedini) IPA: /ˈfiɡa/

### Noun

figa f (plural fighi)
* (dialectal) Alternative form of figga (“fig”)

### References

* ↑ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfiɡa]

### Noun

figa f (relational adjective figový)
* fig

#### Related terms

* figovník

### Further reading

* “figa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fìːɡa/

### Noun

fíga f
* fig (fruit)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “figa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English fig or Dutch vijg.

### Noun

figa
* fig (fruit of the fig tree)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

figa class V (plural mafiga class VI)
* cooking stone